The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-20
HERE AND THERE.


Of Europe 10 America and America to Europe
There were 3O.7sO cases Of cholera in the
! northwest provinces Of India during ths
month Of August
The forest area Of the United States Is less
! than 100000 acres, or about one-hfth OF
the area of the whole country.
One of the glaciers OF the Kinchinjunga in
India-a peak whose summit Is $50 feet
above sea levei--has vertical height OF H.
eco feet.
4 cucumber four feet long. cooled like a
serpent and resembling nothing else SO much
As a green snake was among the curiosities
al the Maine state fair.
According TO the last report of the United
States commissioner of pensions there are IN
Vermont 1876 pensioners, drawing annually
si90.OOO in round numbers.
A lady in Lexington, Ga, has ball OF
yarn that was spun and woven during the
revolutionary war, over 100 years ago, and
vet the thread is seemingly sound and whole
Bessemers steel patents have brought him
in sj.3Sj.OOO in royalties besides what he
has realized from sales Of the metal, and his
partners in the business have made fortunes.
New Oi% ans has the first regularly author
lied Chinese physician in this country. lie
is graduate of a medical school in China,
and asked 10 be allowed 10 practice among
his own counirvmen in the Crescent City
A French horticulturist, Count du Boys
son. insure, the growth of seeds so old as to
have a doubtful terminating power by soak
ing them for thrty-six hours IN water con-
tanning "A little guano OF other source OF
nitrogen.
Russia includes the singing Of hymns
among the indispensable elementary
branches Instruction is given, however,
only 10 a very limited extent among the
masses of the people, as their education IS so
generally neglected.
II is computed that the death rate OF the
world is sixty minute, and the birth
rate seventy minute, aud this seemingly
light percentage Of gain is sufficient to give
a net increase Of population each year OF al
most 10000 souls.
DR.. }. H. Hall, one Of the principal land
owners of Jacksonville, Fla, offers 10000
acres OF land in that state 10 the homeless
poor Of ireland. provided they will settle
upon il The ratio Of distribution is 10 be
twenty five acres to each family.
At least 10000 preserved humming birds
are now embraced in the collection in the
British museum The finest collection on
this side Of she Atlantic, containing about
!. 900 specimens, has been presented by Mr.
D. g. Eliot to the American Museum Of Nat
ural History Of New York
II. is said that Mexico buys more pistols
and Of the very best quality. than al the
United States put together The pet pistols
there are of the largest size and caliber, while
ON the plain, the cowboys favor pistols with
two interchangeable barres-one long for
business, and one short 10 tit on and carry IN
the towns whore there is a law against the
carrying Of weapons.
Wedding cards this year are very plain and
without ornament The monographs Of few
year, ago have disappeared. and there is no
fancy work, nothing but the cold type |
Mourning cards that is, the announcement |
Of deaths by means OF cards-are going out /
Of fashion. though persons who have suffered /
the JOSS of a near relative of course have /.
"a. o.. .,1.--- o.. 'ioir ui-ifinar .ard4
The use Of kangaroo skins for leather has
come rapidly into fashion within a year or
.wo and those animals, which We're once re-
,arlod as "A nuisance in Australia. are now
,riz4d and sought for. Porpoi-e leather is
also a commodity largely in demand, and
man or woman wearing costly Iair oil SHOES
.annot we'll bc sure. nowadays. whether the
material came from tAe Australian bush, tne
South seas, Oh the back oi % Texas steer